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Since last March, we’ve had a steady flow of alarming news about COVID-19’s impact on cancer care. The steep drop in screening rates was among the biggest stories, with roughly a 95 percent decrease in both mammography and colonoscopies during those first two months of the pandemic alone.

For as long as he can remember, Kerwin Barden has put the needs of others ahead of his own. That’s how he explains his decision to enlist, at 19 years old, in the New Jersey Air National Guard as a medic 24 years ago.

“Because of the pandemic, people have been hesitant to step up and help a stranger for fear of contracting COVID-19," says Benjamin Abella, MD, MPhil, a professor of Emergency Medicine in the Perelman School of Medicine.

Hospitals have a problem, and it’s not a new one. In fact, this problem has existed for as long as there have been hospitals, as long as people have gotten hurt or sick and needed extended periods or rest.

In 1954, polio vaccine clinical trials began on schoolchildren. One of those children was Stephen Gluckman, MD, now the medical director of Penn Global Medicine and a professor of Infectious Diseases at the Perelman School of Medicine.

Most student athletes who are diagnosed with COVID-19 can’t wait to feel better and get back in the game. However, the possibility of long-term complications after a COVID-19 infection has medical professionals and school administrators urging caution when it comes to clearing young athletes to return to the field, court, or pool.

Reggaeton music, mobile clinics, and mathematical algorithms have all played a role in the implementation of a unique vaccination campaign in Peru’s second-largest city.

When Jill Shuttner was faced with making a decision about reconstructive surgery after a mastectomy for breast cancer, she consulted multiple doctors about her options.

On the third Friday of March each year, medical students across the country find out where they’ll spend the next phase of their medical career as residents. This year, 147 medical students from the Perelman School of Medicine (PSOM) at the University of Pennsylvania celebrated the reveal of their residency placements.

After submitting our rank-lists on March 3, we launched the Perelman School of Medicine’s first ever Match Month, a series of socially distanced events counting down to Match Day, celebrating students along the way.